"No more time to tell how
this is the season of what
Eight-sided whispering hallelujah hatrack
The time of no returning with thought-jewels polished and gleaming
Six proud walkers on the jingle bell rainbow
The time past believing the child has relinquished the reign
Five men writing with fingers of gold
Now is the test of the boomerang
Tossed in the night of redeeming"

Great version of a great song. The Eleven always makes me ponder why more musicians don't write songs in funky time signature (i.e. 11/4, or 7/4 a la Estimated Prophet, 5/4 a la Brubeck's Take 5). There's a distinctiveness and unique groove that comes from off-beat time.

I'm an Eleven Head. I've downloaded or recorded every performance of it I could find.
There's really not all that many since the original Dead only played it for about three years.
I have 62 versions of it, longest is 27 minutes (with no Space), the shortest is only 4:20.
Both are great.

@NeoSquadillah Hullo. I haven't heard of Alligator but the Dead have such a monster sized playlist that it is not hard to see why that one got through the net. I agree with you, The Eleven has got to be up there. I wish that Futher hadn't made their version although Im do see that there are lots of young people discovering the Dead through them. I wish you and yours all the best. Peace